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Talk Breakfast

Ricky Freelove

British News, Uk News, News, Government, Labour, Current Affairs, Speech Radio, Reform Uk, News Commentary, Politics, Debate, Daily News, Phone In, Immigration, Conservatives, Talk

4.3763 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Author and Sociologist Frank Furedi kicks off today's show to discuss the weeks top headlines including why the country needs better leaders who are willing to listen to their citizenry. Lead Writer for The Spectator Ross Clark joins shortly after to discuss why the World Health Organisation has lost all credibility, and Rishi Sunak's recent plans to create an NFT for Britain. Chairman of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group Craig Mackinlay MP returns to The Independent Republic to discuss why British drivers still paying more fuel duty on a tank - even after Rishi's 5p cut - than last year, and Founder of Standing For Women Kellie Jay Keen closes the show to discuss Douglas Murray's latest piece in The Times where he predict the era of #MeToo is over in light of the ongoing Johnny Depp and Amber Heard court case, is he correct? All that and so much more, so tune in!

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0:00.0

Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk TV.

0:09.6

We are here with you, of course, for one reason and for one reason only, to bring you all the stories of the day,

0:15.5

to tell you the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,

0:17.7

and to cut through all of the clatter that you hear from other places.

0:21.6

All of the other broadcasting media don't seem to know what they're doing.

0:24.9

They don't seem to know what a story is.

0:26.4

And I'll tell you why, because they don't go anywhere.

0:28.4

They don't talk to anybody.

0:29.7

They don't do anything.

0:30.6

I was on a bus yesterday.

0:31.6

I guarantee you that not one other broadcaster currently sitting in a chair like this, whether on television or radio, has been on a bus in the last 24 hours.

0:41.0

I can tell you what people think because I talk to ordinary people. I hear from ordinary people every single day.

0:46.4

I was in a restaurant last night talking to the waitress who was from the Czech Republic, who was going to Spain for a holiday because she's been working very hard.

0:53.4

I talk to people who have very hard. I talk to people

0:54.2

who have real jobs. I talk to people who do real things. I don't sit in a bubble, whether it be

0:59.0

in Westminster, whether it be somewhere else in the city, whether it be somewhere in London

1:03.3

where everybody's a Ramona. No, what we do here is tell you the truth, the whole truth and nothing

1:08.3

but the truth, even if it is sometimes a little bit insurmountable.

1:12.1

Coming up this morning, we've got plenty to discuss. Could it be the end of the Me Too generation?

1:17.3

Because Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have come to the end of their very highly publicized trial

1:23.1

in which basically Johnny Depp is accusing her of lying about him. Amber Heard, as I would say, made it completely possible for people to say,

1:31.3

once and for all, maybe believing women about everything is actually not right.

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